ATLANTA — Several metro Atlanta school districts have returned to in-person learning amid the surge of the Delta variant in Georgia.
Of the districts that have released case numbers publicly, there have been 1,454 new cases of COVID-19 reported since the beginning of the school year just last week.
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Some districts were reporting hundreds of new COVID-19 infections just days into the school year.
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Here’s a list of active cases by school district (districts not listed have not released their case numbers to the public):
Atlanta Public Schools -- 92
Carrollton City -- 31
Carroll County -- 2
Cherokee County -- 196
Clayton County -- 21
Cobb County -- 185
Decatur City Schools -- 10
DeKalb County -- 213 (since July 1)
Fayette County -- 35
Fulton County -- 91 (school starts today)
Gwinnett County -- 268
Henry County -- 69
Marietta City -- 27
Newton County -- 80
Griffin-Spalding County -- 53
Rockdale County -- 34
Hall County -- 47
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